Is teaching grammar an uphill struggle? Do you find teaching complex sentences or comma use a daunting prospect? Focusing on what you need to know in the classroom, this title provides you with the essential knowledge and tools you may need to teach grammar effectively. It is suitable for busy, newly qualified, and practising teachers.
Ignite English aims to help reinvigorate KS3 English teaching and learning by providing exciting and motivational resources that address key issues for teachers and students. Each student book has been designed to develop a range of reading, writing and spoken English skills through a range of real-world contexts and immersive design.
What Every Teacher Needs to Know about Speaking, Listening, Reading and Writing
Transforming students into effective communicators is at the core of this guide. It provides teachers with practical techniques to enhance students' skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing across various subjects. By focusing on improving spelling and mastering key vocabulary, educators can empower students to express themselves confidently in the style of a historian, scientist, designer, or mathematician. The book emphasizes the importance of subject-specific communication skills for overall academic success.
Egypt's monumental buildings and soaring temple columns cannot fail to impress. This is the first ever detailed look at the evolution of the design and style of columns, as well as their symbolic meaning, over a 3000-year period.
Trusted in classrooms for over fifteen years, this series of much-loved books has been completely updated to support the latest Key Stage 3 requirements. Bestselling author Geoff Barton has rewritten Writing to 14 to retain the same engaging, skills-based approach, but with a whole new range of inspiring writing tasks.
Teach Now! provides the essential knowledge for becoming a great teacher. It covers everything you need to know from learning, pedagogy, literacy and behaviour management to practical guidance on lesson planning and organisation. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches, Geoff Barton offers clear straightforward advice on all aspects of teaching including: Why teach? What do great teachers do and how do they do it? The application and recruitment process for training Lesson planning How to make complicated topics accessible How to tailor your teaching to the needs to students How to manage your workload The book also has a companion website for those delivering teaching training featuring practical support material for training co-ordinators and mentors on key areas such as recruitment and organisation. Including training activities and case studies to help put the strategies described into practice, Teach Now! opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainee teachers to build the skills and confidence to become first-rate classroom practitioners.
The Tottenham Outrage involved the robbing of a payroll and the spectuacular subsequent chase across north London.
Literacy has a major impact on young people's life-chances and it is every teacher's responsibility to help build their communication, reading and writing skills. However, this book isn't just about literacy; it's also about what great teachers do in their classrooms, about applying knowledge consistently across classrooms, in order to help pupils to become more confident in their subjects.
Trusted in classrooms for over fifteen years, this series of much-loved books has been completely updated to support the latest Key Stage 3 requirements. Bestselling author Geoff Barton has rewritten Comprehension to 14 to retain the same engaging, skills-based approach, but with fresh texts and a variety of engaging activities.
Developing Poetry Skills is a resource that provides students with the key skills they need to read and respond to poetry effectively. It is designed to introduce students to the enjoyment of reading poetry and to build confidence and understanding throughout Key Stage 3.